Music-pulpit



(No Model.)

T. J. PALMER.

MUSIC PULPIT.

Patented Sept. 7, 1897.

UNITED STATES THEODORE J. PALMER, OF HACKENSACK, NEXV JERSEY.

MUSiC-PULPIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,748, datedSeptember '7, 1897.

Application filed May 27, 1896. Serial No. 593,270. on model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE J. PALMER,Of llackensack,in the county ofBergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Music-Pulpits, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a music-pulpit of light,simple, and firm construotion.

I will first describe in detail, with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, a music-pulpit embodying my invention and afterward point outits novelty in the claim.

Figure 1 represents a side view of the up per part of the pillar orsupport and of the desk and adjustable stem or post to which the desk isattached. Fig. 2 is a back view corresponding with Fig. 1, but showingthe desk and stem or post in a different position with respect to thepillar. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the two-armed bracket, whichconstitutes an important element of my invention. Fig. at represents asectional elevation, on a larger scale than Fig. 1, illustrating theadjustment of the desk-board to the stem or adjustable post. Fig. 5represents an inner face view of a cap-piece through which thedesk-board is attached. to the post.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the upperportion of the standard, which supports the deskand which may be of any ordinary form-as, for instance, a pillar havinga tripod pedestal. The upper part of the said standard or pillar isbored out to receive the adjustable stem or post B, to which thedesk-board D is attached. This stem or post, which will be hereinaftertermed the stem, is secured, when adjusted to its proper height, bymeans of a set-screw a in the head of the standard or pillar A. The saidstem maybe of metalfor example, a metaltube. Its upper end is beveled orsloped with a flat surface on that side at which the desk-board isattached, as shown at b in Fig. 4:. At a suitable distance below thebeveled or sloped end there is attached to the said stem a two-armedmetal bracket 0 for the attachment of the said stem to the lower part ofthe said board. This bracket is made with a socket c to lit and receivethe stem and is so secured to the stem byany suitable means, as by abinding-screw cl, that its projection from the stem is on the same sideof the latter as the slope I). The said bracket is spread laterally atthe ends to form two arms 6, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The faces 9 ofthese arms, which are toward the board, are flat and sloped to conformto the slope b at the top of the stem, as shown in Fig. 4:. The board Dis fastened to the top of the stem by asorew h, passing through the stemand screwing into the board, and the said board is fastened to the arms0 e of the bracket by screws f f, screwing through the said arms. Tofurther secure the desk-b0ard to the top of the stem, I employ a metalcap-piece E, which is hollowed out in front, as shown at 1'- in Figs. 4and 5, to fit the back of the stem and which is sloped above and at thesides of said cavity, as shown atj in Figs. 1 and 4, to conform to theslope of the bracket-ar1ns and deskboard. This cap is screwed to thedesk at 7; 7c at the sides of the stem.

The bracket G, besides serving to connect the desk-board with the stem,serves, by coming down upon the pillar A, as shown in Fig. 1, theadditional purpose of a stop to stop the desk in the lowest position towhich it is desired that itshall come.

In describing my invention 1 have termed it a music-pulpit, as that isthe term by which devices of the kind are most commonly known but adevice embodying my invention is obviously useful as a desk forlecturers, readers, and others, and therefore I wish to be protected inits use for all purposes to which it may be applicable.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- In a music-pulpit, the combinationwith the supporting-pillar, the stem adjustable upward and downward insaid pillar, of the deskboard and the two-armed bracket connecting thelower part of the desk-board with the said stem and serving as a stop tocontrol. the lowest position of the said stem and board, substantiallyas herein described.

THEODORE J. PALMER.

"Witnesses FEEDK. Iinvnns, M. E. FLETCHER.

